5 Terrorists Killed In Encounter In Jammu And Kashmir's Bandipora

Bandipora: Five Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists including the nephew of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi were killed in a massive operation carried out by security forces in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Saturday evening, a senior police officer said.

5 Terrorists Killed In Encounter In Jammu And Kashmir's Bandipora

An Air Force commando, who was part of the joint team, however, lost his life in the operation. 

Troopers of the army's Rashtriya Rifles, the state police's anti-terror squad and the Central Reserve Police Force had surrounded Chandergeer village in Bandipora district's Hajin area, following specific information about the presence of terrorists there.
"As the cordon around the hiding militants was tightened, they fired at the security forces triggering an encounter which is now going on," army spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said.

The gunfight is still underway, he said, according to news agency IANS.

Police sources told NDTV that five terrorists had been killed.